soomcraft Racing

In the back room of this site I have a “Long Time, No Post” draft that’s been simmering since mid-2008. It started off very detailed, with a play-by-play of event after event, and I hoped to someday catch up. But with every passing month — and every event I attend — it gets more and more out of date, and harder to write. So with the start of a new decade, why not throw sensibility out the window and just start fresh?!

A lot has happened in the last few years, and someday I may go back through and fill in the void with stories about some of these things, here in reverse chronological order, such as:

some scenic drives with the BuffaloScooby crew

my first trip to Solo Nationals in Lincoln, Nebraska

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This past Sunday was the first autocross of 2007, hosted by our neighbors to the west. To an extent it was sort of a “practice” event — my car wasn’t totally done, Brad and I were both on street tires, and Cassie didn’t even have her own car. I hadn’t had much time behind the wheel of the Civic this year (i.e., I picked it up on Friday night, and raced it on Sunday) so I didn’t know what to expect.

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Just a quick post to say a couple of things.

1. I still haven’t cleaned under the hood of the Legacy, ever.

(photo by jannygirl)

2. BuffaloScooby meet was a great time, food was good, apologies for all the FWD talk at our end of the table. I got some nice photos despite the rain.

3. Western New York autocross season starts on Sunday, and the car is almost ready. Huge thumbs-up to Cory for everything.